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Akimoto, Tokyo

Fusako Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080199197IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, includes a controller which executes a cleaning mode in which the controller conveys the sheet from a sheet feed tray to a fixing device without forming a toner image on the sheet, removes toner that has been adhered to a fixing member to clean. In case the cleaning mode is executed, the controller controls a releasing section to release pressure contact of a pressing member before a leading edge of the sheet in a sheet conveyance direction reaches a nip portion between the fixing member and the pressing member, and to bring the pressing member into pressure contact with the fixing member after the leading edge of the sheet has passed through the nip portion.08-21-2008
20080204828IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus having: a reading section that reads out an image of an original document placed on a document table; a storage section that stores image data obtained by reading out the image by the reading section; a sheet feeding section including a sheet feeding tray and an attachment detection sensor that detects whether or not the sheet feeding tray has been attached; and a control section that executes reading out of the image in a mode in which the image is read while the reading section scans the image of the original document placed on the document table, wherein the control section, when the attachment or detachment of the tray is detected during execution in the mode, suspends the reading out of the image, deletes the image data obtained from the original document image whose reading was suspended, and moves the scanning unit to a home position.08-28-2008

Patent applications by Fusako Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Hiroshi Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080293306Connector connectable with low contact pressure - For achieving electrical connection by contact with a connection object, a connector includes a body portion including an elastic body. A conductive layer extends along a surface of the body portion and is adapted for contact with the connection object. The conductive layer has a plurality of projections projecting outward.11-27-2008
20090075498Electrical connector - An electrical connector is disclosed. Connection targets have edges, respectively, on which conductive portions are formed. The electrical connector serves to electrically connect the conductive portions of connection targets with the edges facing each other. The electrical connector comprises an electrode sheet, a press member and a connection keeper. The electrode sheet comprises an insulation sheet and an electrode pattern formed on the insulation sheet. The press member is made of elastic material distinct from the electrode sheet. The press member is arranged to press the electrode pattern against the conductive portions of the connection targets when the press member is compressed, so that the conductive portions of the connection targets are connected to each other by the electrode pattern. The connection keeper is configured to keep the connection between the conductive portions of the connection targets with the press member compressed.03-19-2009
20090075510Socket - The present invention provides a socket for an element with an element electrode. The socket comprises a base shell, a cover shell and a contact member. The cover shell is engaged with the base shell so that the base shell and the cover shell define a cavity. Each of the base shell and the cover shell is made of a high thermal-conductive material. The contact member comprises an elastic member and a contact electrode provided on the elastic member and are designed and arranged so that the element is mountable on the contact member within the cavity with the element electrode connected to the contact electrode.03-19-2009
20090075515HEAT TRANSFER MEMBER AND CONNECTOR - A heat transfer member which is capable of enhancing efficiency of heat dissipation, and a connector including the heat transfer member. On the surface of an elastic body arranged between an LED and a heat sink, a heat conduction metal thin film that transfers heat generated in the LED to the heat sink is formed.03-19-2009
20090130924CONTACT MEMBER AND CONNECTOR - A contact member which is resistant to contact failure even if the environment of use is bad. A film is affixed to the surface of a long plate-shaped elastic body which is disposed between two to-be-connected objects. A electrically-conducting path which electrically connects between terminal portions of two to-be-connected objects is provided on the surface of the film. A first conductor contact portion which is capable of being brought into contact with the terminal portion of one of two to-be-connected objects is disposed at one end of the electrically-conducting path, and a second conductor contact portion which is capable of being brought into contact with the terminal portion of the other of two to-be-connected objects is disposed at the other end of the electrically-conducting path. A plurality of holes are formed in the first and second conductor contact portions.05-21-2009
20110092110Connector enabling increased density of contacts - A plurality of contacts are arranged in a first direction along a side wall of a housing. The housing has a plurality of ribs projecting in a second direction from the side wall and interposed between the contacts, respectively. Each rib has a tapered portion adjacent to the side wall.04-21-2011

Patent applications by Hiroshi Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Hiroyuki Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100271254ELECTRONIC SCANNING TYPE RADAR DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD OF DIRECTION OF RECEPTION WAVE, AND PROGRAM ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF RECEPTION WAVE - An electronic scanning type radar device mounted on a moving body includes: a transmission unit transmitting a transmission wave; a reception unit comprising a plurality of antennas receiving a reflection wave of the transmission wave from a target; a beat signal generation unit generating a beat signal from the transmission wave and the reflection wave; a frequency resolution processing unit frequency computing a complex number data; a target detection unit detecting an existence of the target; a correlation matrix computation unit computing a correlation matrix from each of a complex number data of a detected beat frequency; a target consolidation processing unit linking the target in a present detection cycle and a past detection cycle; a correlation matrix filtering unit generating an averaged correlation matrix by weighted averaging a correlation matrix of a target in the present detection cycle and a correlation matrix of a related target in the past detection cycle; and a direction detection unit computing an arrival direction of the reflection wave based on the averaged correlation matrix.10-28-2010

Kazuniri Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110242324IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image display apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires traffic information concerning a specified region; a displaying unit that displays a photographic image of the specified region; and a display controlling unit that, when a congestion state depicted in a road part of the photographic image of the specified region and a congestion state indicated by the traffic information acquired by the acquiring unit differ, processes the road part into an image depicting an actual congestion state according to the traffic information and causes the image to be displayed on the display unit.10-06-2011

Masao Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110032565Image Processing Apparatus - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus, which makes it possible to put an implementation order of an outputting job, inputted by a user and currently in the standby state, forward, even if the concerned user does not conduct specific operations. The apparatus includes: a job inputting section to input an outputting job, while correlating it with user identification information; a job implementation order controlling section to control an implementation order of outputting jobs, based on priority degrees of the outputting jobs; a job implementing section to implement the outputting jobs according to the implementation order of them; a user-identification information inputting section; and a control section to conduct an updating operation for heightening a priority degree of a specific outputting job currently in the standby state, based on an inputting status of the user identification information inputted from the user-identification information inputting section and correlated with the specific outputting job.02-10-2011
20110199625PRINT DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A print data generation apparatus for generating a print data which causes an image indicated to be printed and a first mark, being printed by using a color erasable print material whose color is erasable by exposing to specific wavelength light, to be printed on a same recording sheet.08-18-2011
20110205601IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus including, a light source for reading for applying light onto an original to read, a light source for erasing for applying light of specific wavelength onto the original to decolorize image area, having been printed with color-changing agent having characteristic to become colorless by the light, a reading section for receiving reflected light from the original, an output section for outputting image data of the original, and a control section configured to compare first image data obtained by applying light from the light source for reading to the original, and second image data obtained by applying light from the light source for reading again to the original after applying light from the light source for erasing to the original, to determine whether the agent has been used in the image, and control at least either the reading operation or the output operation based on that determination.08-25-2011

Nobuhiko Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100206085SENSOR - In a sensor, a joint is provided with a sensor module, and the sensor module is accommodated in a housing. The housing is provided with a terminal, and a flexible circuit board electrically connects a diaphragm of the sensor module with the terminal. The joint is also provided with a cap-shaped base, and the top of the base is provided with an opening through which the diaphragm is exposed. A lateral surface of the base, which is crosswise with the top where the opening is provided, is provided with a part of the flexible circuit board, and the part is provided with an electronic component. With this arrangement, no plate-shaped circuit board for mounting the electronic component is required, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost. Moreover, since the electronic component is provided on the lateral surfaces of the base, the base and the electronic component are horizontally arranged.08-19-2010

Shinya Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110238372OPERATIONAL STATE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND OPERATION STATE ANALYSIS METHOD - The operational state analysis system may analyze an operational state of a plant based on processed data items related to the plant. The operational state analysis system may include a reception unit that receives a selection of the processed data items, the selection being performed by user of the operational state analysis system, a property value acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of property values, each of the plurality of property values being one of values of the processed data items and statistical values based on the processed data items of which the selection is received by the reception unit, and a waveform display unit that displays the plurality of property values acquired by the property value acquisition unit as waveforms that analyzes the operational state.09-29-2011

Shunsuke Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090077407Apparatus, system and method for power management - An apparatus which communicates with another apparatus includes a control unit which monitors a power consumption of the apparatus, supplies a power to the another apparatus when the power consumption includes a surplus, and requests the another apparatus to supply the power when the power consumption includes a shortage, and an adjusting unit which adjusts the power consumption of the apparatus according to an operation of the control unit.03-19-2009
20100211807POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A power distribution system is adapted to a management module connected to a plurality of servers, each of which is varied in power consumption in response to a power mode and performance thereof, via a power allocation request line and a power allocation response line. The management module records the upper-limit power setting, the power allocations, and the power pool with regard to the servers. The server records the power mode, the power allocation, the upper mode request threshold, and the redundant power which is calculated based on the difference between the power allocation and the actual power consumption. The management module recovers the redundant power from the server so as to update the power pool. Upon receiving a power allocation request, the management module distributes at least a part of the power pool to the server, thus allowing the server to shift the power mode to the upper mode.08-19-2010
20110243332DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, SOURCE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DESTINATION DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing system comprises a plurality of key production modules each of which stores keys required to encrypt data and decrypt the encrypted data, produces a new key, encrypts the newly produced key by using one of the keys stored therein as a master key, and stores the encrypted key therein. The data processing system comprises a key replication unit that, upon producing a new key in one of the key production modules serving as a source key production module, urges the source key production module to encrypt the newly produced key by using one of the keys stored in another of the remaining key production modules serving as a destination key production module, and then stores the encrypted key in the destination key production module, thereby executing a key replication process.10-06-2011

Patent applications by Shunsuke Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Takuo Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110269420COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FEMTO BASE STATION, CALL SESSION CONTROL SERVER, HOME SUBSCRIBER SERVER, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication system of the present invention is a communication system connected to a public communication network including emergency organization communication apparatus (11-03-2011
20110269427FEMTOCELL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A Femtocell base station has a determination means and a transmission means. The determination means, upon receiving a location update request message from UE (User Equipment), determines whether a first message that prompts the UE to again attempt a location update should be transmitted to the UE, whether a second message that prompts the UE to divert to another network should be transmitted to the UE, or whether a third message that notifies the UE that the location update request is accepted should be transmitted to the UE. The transmission means transmits to the UE either the first message, or the second message, or the third message in accordance with the determination of the determination means.11-03-2011
20110269483COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FEMTO ACCESS POINT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A Femto Access Point includes determination means for determining whether or not called side user equipment is accommodated in the Femto Access Point; and communication control means for, if the determination means has determined that the called side user equipment is accommodated in the Femto Access Point, sending out a Ring Back Tone to calling side user equipment.11-03-2011

Tsuyoshi Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100037983NECK RING SEAL - A filling valve device having a gripper and a container mouth seal, in which vertical movement of the gripper holding an empty beverage container relative to a filling valve causes a filling valve container mouth seal to be brought into contact with a neck ring to form a gas seal and fill a beverage containing carbon dioxide. The cross-sectional shape of the container mouth seal approximates an inwardly facing lip shape. Flexibility is imparted in the vertical direction of the filling valve. The inside of the container mouth seal is brought into contact with the neck ring during beverage filling, and a sealing force is applied to the beverage container and the container mouth seal by the gas pressure applied during filling.02-18-2010
20100037984ASEPTIC FILLING DEVICE FOR CARBONATED BEVERAGES - An aseptic filling device for filling carbonate beverages capable of decreasing the size of the clean booth, facilitating maintenance around the filling valve, and reliably sterilizing the interior of gas piping is provided. The aseptic filling device includes a plurality of filling valves, a fluid rotary joint, a filling fluid tank, a fluid surface level sensor, a fluid flow adjustment valve, a container gripper, a plurality of exhaust conduits, an exhaust conduit on/off valve, a plurality of counter gas conduits, a counter gas conduit on/off valve, a rotary joint, an ascetic gas conduit, a flow meter, and a sterilizing filter, wherein rotary conveyed containers contact at least one of the filling valves and are sealed by a sealing member. Filling is performed under a gas pressure, for example, carbon dioxide gas pressure, and a sterilizing filter for sterilizing the gas is mounted on a gas pipe connecting the rotary joint and the filling fluid tank.02-18-2010

Yasuhiro Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100091879IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes a division unit which divides an original moving image into a plurality of uploading moving images, an uploading unit which uploads the plurality of uploading moving image onto an external apparatus in descending order of reproduction time sequence, an acquisition unit which acquires, from the external apparatus, sequel notice information including information about where an uploading moving image exists, and an addition unit which adds the acquired sequel notice information to an uploading moving image. Furthermore, the uploading unit uploads the uploading moving image, to which the sequel notice information is added, onto the external apparatus.04-15-2010

Yoshinobu Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100248348TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MEASURING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to calculation of an amount equivalent to an initial template amount in a test sample by fitting a theoretical expression to an amount equivalent to an amplification amount of target nucleic acid for each thermal cycle number, wherein the theoretical expression includes an environmental coefficient as an exponent parameter and a parameter of the amount equivalent to the initial template amount, and includes at least one parameter among an amount equivalent to a saturation amount upon the target nucleic acid amplification, a reaction acceleration coefficient, and a reaction inhibition coefficient.09-30-2010
20110008878TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MEASURING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to calculation of an initial template amount in a test sample by fitting a theoretical expression to detection intensity of target nucleic acid corresponding to thermal cycle number, wherein the theoretical expression includes an environmental coefficient as an exponent parameter, a parameter of the initial template amount in the test sample, and terms for internal standard correction and baseline correction of the detection intensity of the amplification amount of the target nucleic acid, and includes at least one parameter among a saturation amount upon the target nucleic acid amplification, a reaction acceleration coefficient, and a reaction inhibition coefficient.01-13-2011

Patent applications by Yoshinobu Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Yuji Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090140146VACUUM PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - A vacuum package has a chamber in which pressure is reduced to less than the atmospheric pressure, a functional component sealed in the chamber, and a material forming at least a part of the chamber. The material has at least one through hole to evacuate the chamber. In a cross section perpendicular to the material taken along the through hole, an edge portion of the material forming the through hole has an obtuse angle. The through hole is sealed with a sealing material.06-04-2009

Yuriko Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110129710WOUND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A resin layer RN is bonded to a corner of the other end of at least one of an anode electrode A and a cathode electrode K and an outer edge of a corner of the other end of the other of the anode electrode A and the cathode electrode K is not located on a straight line passing an outer edge of the corner of the other end of the at least one and being parallel to a thickness direction of the electrode. In another embodiment, an outer edge of a corner of the other end of at least one of the anode electrode A and the cathode electrode K consists of an arcuate curve when viewed from a direction parallel to the thickness direction thereof, and an outer edge of a corner of the other end of the other of the anode electrode A and the cathode electrode K is not located on a straight line passing the outer edge of the corner of the other end of the at least one and being parallel to the thickness direction.06-02-2011

Yuya Akimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110286039RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROLLING PROGRAM, DELIVERY SYSTEM AND SCREEN CONTROLLING METHOD - A screen controlling program representing a sequence of instructions including outputting an acquisition request of a contents type, included in one or plural bibliographic information pieces which are defined in a storage destination of image data indicated by a storage information piece, to a document controlling server if the storage information is received from an image forming apparatus; generating, if the one or plural contents types are received from the document controlling server, selection screen data for selecting the received contents types; sending the generated selection screen data to the image forming apparatus; generating setup screen data for setting one or plural bibliographic information pieces included in the selected contents type if the selected contents type is received from the image forming apparatus; and sending the generated setup screen data to the image forming apparatus.11-24-2011